Eccentric hook



" a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State Patented July 31, 1923.

RILEY E. ANTHONY F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

I 1,463,381 arrest avatar I ECCENTBIG .HOOK.

Application filea-a rn s, 1522. Serial no. 552,086.

To all whom it may concern: V 7

Be it known that I, RILEY E. ANTHONY,

of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements lIl Eccentric Hooks, of

which the followingis a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in fasteners, and more particularly that'type adapted for use with screen doors, window screens, storm sashes and the like.

An object of the present invention is to provide a fastening device which may be adjusted so that the parts thereof may be coupled together with comparative ease by hand and which may be subsequently adjusted or moved into such position as to draw the separable members together in relatively tight relation. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastening device comprising a hook which may be secured to a screen door or the like and a keeper for the hook, the

keeper being pivotally mounted on a door frame or thelike for riveting the hoolcandj being pivoted so that it may be swung into a position for easily receiving the hook and may then be pressed into position for drawing the hook tight and for disposing the line of draft through or beyond the pivotal center of the keeper for locking the hook when drawn taut.

The invention further aims at the provision of a fastener of this type which may be economically manufactured, which comprises but relatively few parts, and which may be easily and quickly installed indifferent positions for use without exercising any particular skill.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more par ticularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts through out the several views,

F ig. lie at top plan view of a fastener constructed according to the present inven tion and as applied to a door and its frame, the door and frame being shown in horizontal section;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fastener applied to the parts shown in Fig. l, and such parts being shown in section and fragmentarily;

Fig. 3 is a detail face view of the keeper .member; and,

Fig. 1 is atop plan View thereof.

While the hook of this invention is adapted for use in practically allplaceswhere it is desired to couple and draw together into the invention is shown as applied to a door 10, and its casing'll.

The fastener comprises a hook member and a keeper member, and the hook member is composed of a hook having a shank 12 with an eye 13 at i'tsinner end hingedly' mounted on the head 1 1 of a screw eye which is threaded intothe inner side of the door 10. The screw eye 14:: is so positioned that the hook 12 may be swung verticallyso as" to dispose the bill 15 of the hook face downwardly. '7

Thekeeper member comprises a flat body plate 16 having pivotal opening 17 inone end and an arcuate slot 18 in spaced relation to and concentric with the pivotal opening 17,-the slot 18 extending in agenerally vertical direction. Theo-ther end of the keeper member is'provided with a wing or thumb portion 19 which outstands in a plane at right angles to the plate. 16'and which is adapted to be engaged by the fingers forswinging the plate 16 about its pivotal axis 17. The keeper member may be in the form of a casting, or may be made of sheet metal, in-which latter event the thumb .por

tion 17 is formed by bending up the oppo-,

site edges of the plate 16 and bringing such edges together into the position shown in Fig. 3 to form a relatively strong wing or' 17 and is threaded into the door frame. The

tight relation relatively movable members,

plate 16 is limited in its vertical or edgewise swinging movements by a stop screw 22 which extends freely through the slot 18and is threaded in the door frame 11' The stopscrew 22 is so located that the 1 upper end of the slot engages the stop when the plate 16 is swung down into such position as to dispose the Wing 19 in the horizontal plane of the pivot 21,, or into a position below the plane of the pivot.

in use, the plate 16 is swung upwardly so as to move the wing 19 toward the door 10'. The bill 15 of the hoolr is now inserted in the opening 20 or". the wing and such operation may be easily effected owing to the slack condition or the fastener. The wing 19 is now pressed down into the position shown in Fig. 2. The downward movement of the wing carries with it the hook 15 and increases the distance between the wing and the screw eye i l, drawing the hook 12 taut and binding the door 10 againstits casing 11. It is apparent that the device may be so adjusted as to effect the desired binding action and the door or other device will be held in place by the eccentric positioning of the wing 19 with respect to its axial support 21,

To open the door it is only necessary to lift the wing 19 to slaclren the hook 12 when the latter nay be quickly disengaged from the opening 20 and released from the keeper member.

1 do not wish to be restricted to the size, form, and proportions of the various parts, and obviously changes could be made in the construction herein described without depar ing from the spirit or the invention, it

being only necessary that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims,

W hat is claimed is; V

1. In a fastener for doors and the like the combination with a hook adapted to b'e carried by a door, keeper plate having an opening therein for the reception 01 the bill of the hook, and a pivotal support for said keeper arranged eccentrically with respect to said opening whereby the keeper member may be swung on its pivotal support to move said opening toward and from the door for binding and releasing said hook.

2. In a fastener as specified, ahool: adapted to be pivoted on one member, a keeper adapted to be pivoted eccentrically on a second member and having a hook receiving portion with which the bill of the hook may be engaged, and a stop carried by said second member in the path of said keeper m mber for limiting the overthrow of the hook receiving portion thereof relatively to the pivotal support of the keeper member whereby to admit the drawing taut of said hook when engaged with the keeper member. 3. In a fastener as specified, a hook adapted to be pivotally supported upon a member an elongated plate pivoted at one end to a second member and having an outstandi wing at its other end adapted to be one. by the hand for swinging the keeper plat said wing having a hook receiving openin therein and adaptedto be swung into a position remote bel'rom the first member and yond the pivotal support .ot the plate for drawing the hool: taut and binding the mombers together, and a stop carried by ond member in the path oi said plate for limiting the eccentric movement thereof.

at. in a fastener as specified, a hook adapt ed to be pivoted on one member, an elongate ed plate pivoted at one end to second member and hat ing an outstanding finger the wing" of its other end, said wing havin an opening; therein for receirin the bill. of the hook and said wing being adapted to be positioned beyond the pivot of the remote iiromthe first member, an arcuate slot. in said plate concentric to the pivotal support thereof, and a stop carried by the second member engaging said slot for limiting the swinging; of the plate. in testi iony whereof, I have aliixed signature in presence of two witnesse RILEY E. AITHGZ Witnesses ARTHUR H. S'ronons, Tv' rilRAM A. S'rURGEs. 

